Heroes - Season 1, Episode 1
Title: “Genesis”
Medium: television series episode
Original airdate: 25 Sep. 2006
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Keywords: soul, dream, Bible, Genesis, image of God, evolution, creation, worthy, Hinduism, Ganesh, Shiva, temple, Good Samaritan, walk through fire, quest, mysteries, human heart, light, darkness
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Characters: Mohinder Suresh, Peter Petrelli, Claire Bennet, Sandra Bennet, Lyle Bennet
Timecode: 0 minutes, 50 seconds
Mohinder Suresh: [narrating] Why are we here? What is the soul? Why do we dream?
Timecode: 0 minutes, 59 seconds
Title of episode is shown: "Genesis." This title is taken from the first book of the Bible. It is also the Greek root for "origin."
Timecode: 2 minutes, 57 seconds
Mohinder Suresh: [Teaching a class] Man is a narcissistic species by nature. We have colonized the four corners of our tiny planet. But we are not the pinnacle of so-called evolution. That honor belongs to the lowly cockroach. Capable of living for months without food. Remaining alive headless for weeks at a time. Resistant to radiation. If God has indeed created himself in his own image, then I submit to you that God is a cockroach. They say that man uses only a tenth of his brainpower. Another percent and we might actually be worthy of God's image.
Note the posters on the walls showing Hindu gods.
Timecode: 4 minutes, 41 seconds
As Mohinder walks out of his class room, note the Hindu temples in the backround.
Timecode: 5 minutes, 19 seconds
Note the Hindu religious procession in the background and the Hindu art on the wall next to the door of Dr. Mohinder Suresh's apartment.
Timecode: 5 minutes, 41 seconds
The word "Genesis" on one of Mohinder's files.
Timecode: 28 minutes, 12 seconds
Reporter: An unidentified Good Samaritan who witnesses describe as a young teenage girl ran into the flames and rescued the young lieutenent.
"Good Samaritan" is, of course, a reference to the Biblical parable told by Jesus.
Timecode: 42 minutes, 2 seconds
Claire Bennet: I walked through fire and I didn't get burned.
Lyle Bennet: What the hell is that supposed to mean? God, you're so crazy sometimes.
Sandra Bennet: Lyle. I think I know exactly what you mean. Oh, here I am, talking dogs again. And you go and say something really profound. We come up against all kinds of fires in our lives, and when we test ourselves and face our fears, we usually don't get burned.
Timecode: 50 minutes, 24 seconds
Mohinder Suresh: [narrating] This quest, this need to solve life's mysteries. In the end, what does it matter when the human heart can only find meaning in the smallest of moments? They're here among us. In the shadows, in the light. Everywhere. Do they even know yet?
